Battle of Walheim

The Battle of Walheim occurred on 17 November 1944 when the US 36th Infantry Division pushed into the German border town of Walheim during the Siegfried Line campaign. The US Army faced heavy resistance from Wehrmacht troops defending the town, with some of them being survivors of the bloody Battle of Aachen; the Americans had to take the city block-by-block. The American soldiers succeeded in taking the town, penetrating the Siegfried Line, and the Americans held this position until the Battle of the Bulge.